Next week at the Training School, Silvia Mandillo will lecture on assessing motor function in mouse models—covering standard tests, home-cage monitoring, case studies, and the impact of sex and welfare on results. #MouseModels #BehavioralNeuroscience COST

Join us on June 18th (Training school) for Michael Tsoory lectures exploring traditional vs. home-cage-based behavioral assays in mouse models of mental disorders—through the lens of validity, reliability, and animal welfare. #animalresearch #homecage #InMice COST

This week at the TEATIME Training School, Alice Melloni and Nuno Franco will lead a session on experimental design and data quality control. #AnimalResearch #ExperimentalDesign #DataQuality #LabAnimalScience COST

This week at the TEATIME Training School, Oren Forkosh will explore how curiosity-driven engineering turns empty racks into fully automated home-cage behavioural observatories. #HomeCageMonitoring #BehaviouralScience #Neuroscience #LabAutomation #AnimalResearch COST

The TEATIME Training School has officially kicked off with a warm welcome from Veronika Borbélyová at the Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University in Bratislava. #TrainingSchool #Bratislava #LabAnimalScience #HomeCageMonitoring #Networking #ScienceCommunity COST

At our upcoming training school, Giorgio Rosati will present the scalable Digital Ventilated Cage (DVC) system—enabling continuous, non-invasive home-cage monitoring with minimal data footprint and high scientific impact. #HomeCage #DVCsystem #LabAnimalScience #AnimalWelfare

At our training school, Otto Kalliokoski will lead an interactive session exploring how our experimental choices shape the outcomes of the "game of science"—can you uncover the truth? #ScienceCommunication #ExperimentalDesign #ScientificIntegrity #TrainingSchool #Research

Everything set for our 4th training school! #animalresearch #homecage #mouse #experimentaldesign #training #Bratislava

Day 1 of the TEATIME Training School kicked off with inspiring talks on experimental design, home-cage monitoring, and DeepLabCut, alongside expert meetups and student presentations—highlighting the power of science, networking, and collaboration. #animalresearch #homecage

🤝 Meet the Expert Break — an inspiring opportunity at our Training school to exchange ideas, build collaborations, and shape the future of home-cage monitoring with leaders in the field! #animalresearch #homecage #training #behavior #DataScience COST

Thank you to all the participants and experts who joined us last week in Bratislava for our training school on animal behavioural research and home-cage monitoring — it was a fantastic event full of learning, sharing, and collaboration!

Our next stop - and final - the Final conference in Helsinki, right after summer holidays. More info at: cost-teatime.org/events/the-tea… #animalresearch #behavior #monitoring #metabolism #mouse #conference COST #datamanagement #AI #technology #science #AnimalWelfare

Registration for in-person attendance at the TEATIME Final Conference is closed — but you can still join us online by registering here: helsinki.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Wondering what the program of our TEATIME Final Conference looks like? Take a look at the exciting talks we have lined up for Day 1! More info and registration link for online attendance can be found here: 📌 cost-teatime.org/events/the-tea… #HomeCageMonitoring #AnimalWelfare

Calopy, a new open-source, browser-based tool for intuitive and comprehensive indirect #calorimetry data analysis, is now published in Nature Metabolism — try it at calopy.app! nature.com/articles/s4225… nature COST

Join us on September 3rd for Day 2 of the TEATIME Final Conference, featuring expert talks on home-cage monitoring technologies, case studies, a roundtable on the future of automated monitoring, a closing keynote, and a farewell networking reception. #animalresearch #homecage

See you soon in beautiful Helsinki! #conference #COSTAction #homecage #animalresearch

Nastasia Mirofle (France) completed a TEATIME STSM at the Donders Institute (NL), exploring how the serotonin transporter influences environmental sensitivity and a-sociality. #animalresearch #behavior #Grant

We’re proud to have held 4 popular TEATIME Training Schools—thanks to all organizers, speakers, and COST for the support; manuals are open access on our website, and more training opportunities are coming soon! #animalresearch #homecage #behavior #neuroscience #training

🗣️ How did participants describe this year’s TEATIME Training School in just 3 words? Thank you to everyone who joined us — we loved learning and growing with you! 🌟 #TrainingSchool #HomeCageMonitoring #BehaviouralScience #LabAnimalScience #ScientificTraining